Reveal to her whether they plan to drop sexual assault charges against one of the world s most powerful men. even after she went public, telling abc s robin roberts dominique strauss-kahn was brutal. i wanted to throw up. i was so sad. i was so i don t know what to do. i was so scared. reporter: at first, prosecutors had no doubt. strauss-kahn was aested before taking off for paris. weeks later, what prosecutors called substantial credibility issues undermined the maid s story. i had made a mistake. but this man tried to rape me. he tried to rape me. there s no requirement that you have to be mother teresa to be a rape victim. reporter: the maid s attorney, kenneth thompson, launched a public campaign to persuade the district attorney to go forward with the criminal case. i am confident in nafi diallo. i m also confident in the evidence. reporter: he is less
all right. good morning, carol. good morning, everyone. it is monday, august 22nd. this is american morning. i m christine romans. i m carol costello. thank you for joining us. ali has the morning off. a lot going on. let s get to it. that s right. up first, breaking news, new explosions overnight coming from moammar gadhafi s tripoli compound. three of his sons are in custody but gadhafi s whereabouts are still unknown as history continues to unfold in libya this morning. quite a sight. rebel forces say they control most of the capital and gadhafi s forces in one tripoli neighborhood are negotiating their surrender. listen. talk about happy. after months of fighting the rebels fighting and easily rolled into tripoli, gadhafi s army almost didn t put up any fight. wild celebrations as the rebels took green square, the symbolic center of tripoli. thousands of libyans tearing down pictures of the dictator and firing guns into the air, this time firing in celebration
night it was a scene of celebration. unbelievable events unfolding the last 36 hours. we ll have the very latest. also ahead this half hour, dangerous violence at a san francisco giants game. fans fighting in the stands and in a restroom. we ll have the latest on the injuries and whohos responsible. later this half hour the remake of a 1985 scary movie fright night. colin farrell costars in the vampire nick. we ll get our take coming up in insomniac theater. we begin with that breaking news overnight. a big story here, new details as rebels take control of libya. they chanted it s over frizz head, using a mocking nickname for soon to be ousted leader gadhafi. the rebel victory was the culmination of a closely coordinated plan by rebels, nato and anti-gadhafi residents inside libya. we begin our coverage with abc s jeffrey kofman who s been watching the story unfold inside the libyan capital. reporter: this is the moment so many libyans have been waiting so l
martin. here s the rest of your monday forecast. showers and thunderstorms from the carolinas to florida and much of the gulf coast. also stormy with gusty winds and hail around sioux falls, omaha, kansas city and st. louis. showers in the desert southwest. rain from seattle to portland. mostly 90s from billings to albuquerque. phoenix still hot soaring to 109. dallas still hot, too, 104. 80 in the windy city, 75 in detroit, 81 here inew york and 91 in miami. and some powerful thunderstorms swamped part of the northeast over the weekend, leaving some areas knee-deep in water. philadelphia got 2 1/2 inches of rain in two hours causing flash floods that caught many drivers by surprise. the gushing water stranded some cars in the middle of the road and several thousand customers lost power. in other news now, the national football league is once again condemning violence at a football game. this time it happened in san francisco s candlestick stadium over the weekend. th
the dominican republic with torrential rain and gusty winds. maximum sustain windsnywhere from 74 to 95 miles per hour along with rough surf. tuesday into wednesday, irene s impacts will be felt across cuba, and there is the potential that it could impact the southern half of the florida peninsula as early as thursday eveving. as irene hits puerto rico and heads to florida, the eastern caribbean is still recovering from its blow. shelters were busy in st. croix after that island took a direct hit from that storm last night. antigua and st. martin are dealing by flash flooding as well as scattered power outages. here s a look at your forecast at home. showers and thunderstorms in the southeast and from new orleans to tallahassee. severe storms in the middle of the country, sioux falls to st.. louis. showers from albuquerque to denver. afternoon and evening rain in the pacific northwest. 72 in seattle. 87 in sacramento. 90 in salt lake city. 80s from fargo to indianapolis